Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Vernewas a French novelist, poet, and playwright best known for his adventure novels and his profound influence on the literary genre of science fiction...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth8 February 1828
CityNantes, France
CountryFrance
captains nemo companion
I am nothing to you but Captain Nemo; and you and your companions are nothing to me but the passengers of the Nautilus.
generosity gold world
I have been, am, in his service; I have seen his generosity and goodness; and I will never betray him-not for all the gold in the world. I have come from a village where they don't eat that kind of bread.
eye animal eight
It swam crossways in the direction of the Nautilus with great speed, watching us with its enormous staring green eyes. Its eight arms, or rather feet, fixed to its head, that have given the name of cephalopod to these animals, were twice as long as its body, and were twisted like the furies' hair.
law civilization force
Civilization never recedes; the law of necessity ever forces it onwards.
compassion suffering hunger
No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than it becomes difficult to comprehend the meaning of starvation. It is only when you suffer that you really understand.
liberty
Liberty is worth paying for.
firsts surprise worst
Better to put things at the worst at first and reserve the best for a surprise.
london criminals knows
An English criminal, you know is always better concealed in London than anywhere else.
engineering skills romance
I have always made a point in my romances of basing my so-called inventions upon a groundwork of actual fact, and of using in their construction methods and materials which are not entirely without the pale of contemporary engineering skill and knowledge.
sky clouds mountain
On the morrow the horizon was covered with clouds- a thick and impenetrable curtain between earth and sky, which unhappily extended as far as the Rocky Mountains. It was a fatality!
typhoons ifs programmes
As for Phileas Fogg, it seemed just as if the typhoon were a part of his programme
fifty bullets cows
A cow peacefully grazing fifty yards away received one of the bullets in her back. She had nothing to do with the quarrel all the same.
land
You are going to visit the land of marvels.
way fortune ready
Therever fortune clears a way, thither our ready footsteps stray.